For all my stance on using non-swing music, and on what I think of electro-swing, I am curious about some of the interesting overlaps and experiments with old and new…
Category: <span>Music</span>
Welcome to one of the much debated topics in today’s Lindy communities – what should we play for Lindy? Or, for that matter, for swing dancing in general? Swing? Or…
You never quite know where something’s going to lead you. I fired up Spotify the other day, and it prompted me to look at someone’s blues playlist (to my shame,…
I had to get this one off my chest sooner or later. We recently went to see the Chris Dean’s Syd Laurence Orchestra. Side note – I am not linking…
I’ve wanted to write this post for a long time now – since I before began this blog, to tell the truth. Troubled is my all-time favourite swing track, and…
I just came across this little gem on Spotify – a title like that would normally have made me steer well clear, but this is Chick Webb. Digitally remastered or…
When I began this recent spate of posting, this was the first post I wanted to make – but having started it, I realised that I really no idea what…
A wonderful interview over on Swungover with Josh Collazo of Campus Five fame, that should be of interest to anyone interested in swing music, swing drumming, or even just music in…